When is it a draft vs a breeze?

[gabby3535]

Okay...........another question...
When is it considered "a breeze", vs "a draft"???
I am assuming a draft is moving air that might "chill" a chicken?
And a breeze is moving air that would "cool" a chicken?
(i.e..........if it's 65-70 degrees out, and humid, as it will be here tonight
.........and you don't want to overheat the girls by closing the coop windows..........
but thunderstorms are predicted, with strong breezes .........
is it okay to leave the windows open for that breeze?????)
There is a ridge vent running the entire length of the coop, plus 2 quite large,
gable-end, louvered vents......up high on the front and back walls, as well............
in addition to the 2 windows of which I am speaking...................

okay to leave them open tonight??

 

[agnes_day]

im sure it would be ok..mine love to be out in the rain, for whatever reason! at night though, i just leave their little door open to get some fresh air.

 

[gabby3535]

Ooooops, I forgot to mention.............these are "6+week-old", pretty "fully-feathered" babies...........
does that make a difference to anyone's reply????

 

[Omran]

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Yes they will be just fine, mine are also the same age, and they are doing great, I leave my window open all night long and all the time.

 

[DarkWolf]

Drafts won't be an issue until winter....

Consider it like this... During spring and summer you can stand by an open door with your socks off and it won't phase you a bit.. Come winter time though when you shut the door, if that seal is bad at the bottom there can be a high velocity draft that blows in at your toes... So standing there, on an icy morning looking out across the yard, you won't want to stand by that door long as your feet will become quite cold from that draft.

So break it down to.. Those air leaks which don't so much move the air as much as they just blast cold air at you.